Description: <p>"Singapore, with its great wealth and great poverty existing amid ethnic, linguistic, and cultural tensions, offers fertile ground for bleak fiction, as shown by the 14 tales in this solid Akashic noir anthology…Tan has assembled a strong lineup of Singapore natives and knowledgeable visitors for this volume exploring the dark side of a fascinating country."&#8212;<I><B>Publishers Weekly</B></I>"<I>Singapore Noir</I> is another fine addition to the Akashic’s Noir series. Under Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan’s tutelage, the stories puncture the stereotypes associated with Singapore and push the genre in new directions."&#8212;<B>Chicago Center for Literature and Photography</B>Included in Recent Books of Note, <I><B>Toronto Star</B></I>"<I>Singapore Noir</I> is for the Noir fiction lover."&#8212;<B>A Bibliophile’s Reverie</B>Launched with the summer ’04 award-winning best seller <I>Brooklyn Noir</I>, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original…